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The Soviet photobook 1920-1941 / Mikhail Karasik ; edited by Manfred Heiting.

By: Karasik, Mikhail, 1953- [author.]Contributor(s): Heiting, Manfred [editor.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Göttingen : Steidl, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 636 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 30 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783958290310 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Photobooks -- Soviet Union | Photography | Photography | Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 | Soviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 -- Pictorial works | Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 | Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 779'.0947 Summary: The Soviet Union was unique in its formidable and dynamic use of the illustrated book as a means of propaganda. Through the book, the U.S.S.R. articulated its totalitarian ideologies and expressed its absolute power in an unprecedented waythrough avant-garde writing and radical artistic design that was in full flower during the 1920s and 30s. No other country, nation, government or political system promoted itself more by attracting and employing acclaimed members of the avant-garde. This book presents 160 of the most stunning and elaborately produced photobooks from this period and includes more than 400 additional reference illustrations.

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Missprint - pages 13-24 reversed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Soviet Union was unique in its formidable and dynamic use of the illustrated book as a means of propaganda. Through the book, the U.S.S.R. articulated its totalitarian ideologies and expressed its absolute power in an unprecedented waythrough avant-garde writing and radical artistic design that was in full flower during the 1920s and 30s. No other country, nation, government or political system promoted itself more by attracting and employing acclaimed members of the avant-garde. This book presents 160 of the most stunning and elaborately produced photobooks from this period and includes more than 400 additional reference illustrations.

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